On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:42, you wrote: > I have offered to help set up a friends home network but I want some info > before I go to his house so I am prepared. > > Does anyone on list know if the S5100i cable modem connected via > Paradise/Telstra Clear can use dhcp? Paradise allocated me a single static ip number out of their pool.
Are we talking about this thing? http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sb5100.html or this one http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sbg1000.html If the former, then apparently no, if the latter, yes. It's difficult to tell from the web pages. > Yes I have already Googled for the info which suggests it can but it seems > that Paradise set his 3 computers (connected one at a time at the moment) > with static addresses. Paradise's help desk is not even open yet. The Cable Modem I have from them, an older SB3100, offers a dhcp server for up to 32 numbers. It is configured via its web interface on 192.168.100.1 If your friend does not yet have a firewall, please, please negotiate to set one up for him. IPCop has a builtin DHCP server which does indeed work. An old '486 will do, but you will probably need a bigger disk and a bit more memory than was common in those days. While Paradise purports to have a mail virus / worm filter running it is far from perfect. i.e. I have seen several attachments arrive in mails which are removed in later copies of the same email with a covering spam from P. telling me about their Brightmail system. So emphasise to your friend the safe computing rule about never opening an attachment from an unknown source. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
